Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees has carried out a reshuffle of his cabinet with two councillors dropped from the team.

As predicted in the Post earlier this week, Labour Councillor Mark Bradshaw has lost his job leading the council’s transport department.

Liberal Democrat Clare Campion-Smith has also lost her place.

The new nine-strong cabinet – instead of ten – sees the following line up:

Mr Rees will take on an expanded role with personal oversight of roads and congestion, economy, external relations (including international). Sports, regional work through the West of England Combined Authority, city infrastructure (including Arena), the Clean Streets campaign, City Office and democratic engagement.

He will also oversee the forthcoming Congestion Task Group which will bring together a range of experts and city partners to focus on the long-term plan for tackling Bristol’s traffic congestion.

The first, Cllr Craig Cheney, will continue his current focus on finance, governance and performance.

The second, Cllr Asher Craig, will take on a communities portfolio which includes the cross-cutting theme of public health, alongside public transport, leisure centres, libraries, community assets and parks.

Former Deputy Mayor Cllr Estella Tincknell remains on the Cabinet with a new portfolio encompassing culture, events and equalities.

The remaining five Cabinet Members include a new appointment in the form of Cllr Helen Godwin, who will be responsible for children and young people. Her counterpart for adult social care will be Cllr Helen Holland.

Cllr Fi Hance has an amended portfolio covering energy, waste and regulatory services while two members, Cllr Paul Smith and Cllr Claire Hiscott, have unchanged portfolios for housing and education and skills respectively.

Mr Rees said: “I appointed an interim Cabinet soon after taking office last May and I am very grateful for everyone’s hard work and commitment in successfully servings its purpose. In 10 short months we are in a very different position – both in terms of the city council and the wider world.

“With support from the interim Cabinet I have got my feet under the table, set our priorities and got a deep understanding of the council’s strengths and weaknesses.

“We’ve got a huge financial challenge and some important improvement to make as an organisation – issues which Deputy Mayor Cheney and I will pay close attention to and will cut across everyone’s portfolios. Meanwhile there are so many other factors, including local devolution, which are changing how we work and where we need to channel our energies.

“This refreshed Cabinet structure will allow me to take personal control of key issues whilst giving space for Cabinet Members to truly dedicate themselves to the tighter, focused areas of work which do what they say on the tin.

“There are two particular changes which I hope will benefit some of the city’s most vulnerable people. First is the move to elevate the issue of Public Health to a Deputy Mayor portfolio, ensuring we think about how it applies to all areas of the council’s work.

"Second is the extra resource for social care and support, where two Cabinet Members can focus on Children and Adults respectively. This provides extra resource and attention to the detailed needs of the services, along with the ability to combine Cabinet resource around shared issues, such as the need for fairer funding from the government.”

Three councillors will be given supporting roles on the cabinet to take on extra work for public transport, international relations and sport.